I said no.

I said it as you moved your hands from the outskirts to within.

I said no.

I said it again when you yanked at my belt loops and tugged at my jeans that were just a little "too tight".

I said no.

I said it when they came off too.

Yet somewhere along the way, my no turned into "proceed with caution"

But you only saw "speed ahead"

CRASH landing was a

"no, yes, no, maybe, no, yes, no"

when my hands were forced to be somewhere

in exploratory places

a "no zone", but terrifyingly

this tollway was my only exit

"yes, no, yes, no, YES, NO, maybe, NO. I don't like that."

I said no, but somewhere a "maybe" leaked out-

and you were a reckless driver.

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